Coroner's Inquest

• Inquest finds police use of force, drug use caused man’s death of Prince Albert man

  Saskatchewan's chief forensic pathologist found Boden Umpherville suffered a cardiac arrest due to drug use and a restricted airway while held down by police.

  Canada

  Jul 22
  
• Coroner’s inquest rules cause of 12-year-old N.B. girl’s death ‘undetermined’

  A coroner’s inquest held this week has ruled Aaliyah Burrell’s manner of death to be undetermined. The 12-year-old was found unconscious in her Florenceville, N.B., home in 2021.

  Canada

  Apr 15
  
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• Inquest called into 2019 death of Kingston man after encounter with police

  Ontario’s regional coroner has called a mandatory inquest into the 2019 death of Evan Freeman, who died following a fatal stabbing spree and standoff with Kingston police.

  Canada

  Feb 23
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• Inquest into death at N.B. wind farm construction site calls for improved training, safety

  The inquest recommended made several recommendations, including establishing an on-site supervisor and conducting morning safety meetings to establish roles and review equipment.

  Canada

  Jan 13
• Jury makes recommendations following coroner’s inquest into Sask. boy’s death in care

  Upon conclusion of the coroner's inquest, the jury made four recommendations to the Eagle's Nest Youth Ranch group home where Brandon Schafer-Kovacs had been staying.

  Health

  Aug 28, 2025
• Coroner’s inquest begins into death of man shot by police at Nanaimo ferry terminal

  RCMP officers shot 39-year-old Jerry Smallwood, also known as Jer Wood, multiple times after he got out of his vehicle and raised a gun outside the terminal in May 2018. 

  Crime

  Nov 12, 2024
• Saskatchewan appoints new chief coroner with Regina police background

  Wagner will begin his job on July 22, following former chief coroner Clive Weighill’s retirement in February, according to the province.

  Canada

  Jun 3, 2024
• Coroner’s inquest called in fatal police shooting of man in Kawartha Lakes in 2021

  The SIU cleared a City of Kawartha Lakes OPP officer after determining a man first drew his rifle at the officer outside a residence on November 25, 2021.

  Crime

  Apr 24, 2024
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• Inquest hears B.C. hostage was lying on her captor before fatal shooting

  The first police officer to enter a room where a woman was being held hostage told a B.C. coroner's inquest that he saw her lying on a bed on top of her captor.

  Politics

  Apr 18, 2024
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• Deadly hostage-taking: Inquest probes death of 2 shot by police during Surrey standoff

  Nona Marnie McEwan, 45, and Randy E. Crosson, 48, suffered fatal gunshot wounds when police breached a home in a cul de sac near 133 Street in Surrey on March 29, 2019.

  Crime

  Apr 16, 2024